| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 6, 1925 Concord, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | December 23, 1976 (aged 51) Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| c. 1947 | Catawba |
| Baseball | |
| c. 1948 | Catawba |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| c. 1950 | Fayetteville HS (NC) |
| 1952 | East Carolina (line) |
| 1953–1958 | Catawba |
| 1959–1964 | South Carolina (assistant) |
| 1965–1971 | Eastern Illinois |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1971–1974 | Nebraska–Omaha |
| 1974–1976 | Richmond |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 45–70–6 |
Clyde W. Biggers (March 6, 1925 – December 23, 1976) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Catawba College from 1953 to 1958 and at Eastern Illinois University from 1965 to 1971, compiling a career college football record of 45–70–6. Biggers was then the athletic director at University of Nebraska Omaha from 1971 to 1974 and at the University of Richmond from 1974 until his death in 1976.
Biggers played football and baseball at Catawba College, from which he graduated in 1948. He coached football at Fayetteville High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina before serving as the line coach for the football team at East Carolina College—now East Carolina University—in 1952.[1] Between his tenures as head coach at Catawba and Eastern Illinois, Biggers was an assistant coach at the University of South Carolina. He died of a heart attack at his home in Richmond, Virginia on December 23, 1976.[2]